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- A key GOP senator raised the spectre that some in his party want to talk bipartisan immigration talks.
- "There are some that are saying, 'Hey, we don't want Biden to actually get credit for doing anything on the border," Sen. James Lankford said.
- Lankford has helped lead negotiations over a trade off of tougher immigration laws in exchange for Ukraine aid.
Republican Sen. James Lankford, the leading GOP lawmaker on bipartisan immigration talks, said that some conservatives want to tank a potential deal over concern that it could hand President Joe Biden a political win.